Now, organizers and vendors of the market are looking for help to become America’s favorite.

The national I Love My Farmer’s Market Celebration is a summer-long event which recognizes family farmers and encourages consumers to shop directly from farmers markets.

Consumers can help by pledging the dollars they intend to spend at the Saturday morning farmers market at www.LoveMyFarmersMarket.org. Pledges can be cast once a week through Sept. 13.

With enough pledges, the Fort Pierce Farmer’s Market will have the chance to be named one of America’s Most Celebrated Farmers Markets. The celebration currently has the waterfront market listed as No. 1 in the state.

The celebration is sponsored by the American Farmland Trust. Founded in 1980, the trust is the only nonprofit, national conservation organization dedicated to protecting farmland. According to American Farmland Trust, the United States has been losing more than an acre of farmland every minute to development. This celebration works to halt that trend.

Since its inception, the trust has helped permanently protect more than five million acres of farmland.